Lady Eagles top Houma Christian

Kelly McElroyStaff Writer

Wednesday

Oct 27, 2010 at 10:00 AMOct 27, 2010 at 10:06 AM

HOUMA — The Central Catholic volleyball team has been on a tear lately, and while Houma Christian had chances in each game on Tuesday, the Lady Warriors couldn't stop their District 6-V foe from winning its 15th match in a row.

HOUMA — The Central Catholic volleyball team has been on a tear lately, and while Houma Christian had chances in each game on Tuesday, the Lady Warriors couldn't stop their District 6-V foe from winning its 15th match in a row.The Lady Eagles used a 25-20, 25-23, 25-22 sweep to clinch the outright district title and improve to 22-6 overall and 5-0 in district."Houma Christian is always our biggest competitor, and we always look forward to playing them because they are always a good team," CCMC coach Kindra Halverson said. "Coming out here and beating them all three times was big. We played really well."Game 1 was tied six times, the last at 20 before a 5-0 Central Catholic run ended it.Game 2 was tied 10 times, the last at 22 before a 3-1 run Central Catholic run ended it.And Houma Christian (17-15, 3-3 in district) led early in Game 3 before a late rally with it tied at 15 sent the Lady Eagles to the win. "It's the same thing. Once we ace the basics of volleyball we are going to be able to beat anybody because we have the hitters, we have the passers, and we have the servers," Lady Warriors coach Chelsey Lucas-Nicholas said. "We just need to build our mental toughness."Near the end of each game, the net players for the Lady Eagles propelled them to victory."We have big players in the middle with Bri Hill, Geralyn Garrett and Meo Knight, and they had some big blocks in the end," Halverson said. "They were straight down blocks. They (the Lady Warriors) have good hitters, so to get those blocks is a good thing. They are always taught to be aggressive because that's the only way you can win these kind of matches."Lucas-Nicholas said the Lady Warriors failed to take advantage of the times those big hitters weren't at the net."They have certain rotations that they are stronger in, but we need to learn when they are in that weaker rotation, we have to capitalize," Lucas-Nicholas said. "I know that we can beat them, but it's us. We need to know what we are doing on the court. Once we get all that down, our program will be sky high. We are growing for the better, but we have to work on the mental side of volleyball."Knight had 13 kills and six digs for the Lady Eagles, Olivia Crawford added seven digs, Caroline Byrne had 19 assists, and Garrett posted five blocks."It's all about confidence for us," Halverson said. "Physically we are very aggressive. It's just mental for us. Sometimes when they get on a run it's hard for us to stop it, but we had someone on the court who stepped up and made a play. That helped."For Houma Christian, Maggie Hamilton had six digs, Britney Fournier posted 18 assists and five digs, Shelby West totaled six kills and three aces, Lindsay Crowdus had 14 kills and 12 digs, Emily Albares and Destanie Naquin scored seven digs each, and Christa Pellegrin notched three kills.

ASSUMPTION DEF. SOUTH TERREBONNEAt Napoleonville, on a night when the Lady Mustangs honored the 1990 and 2000 state championship teams, the Lady Mustangs wrapped up the District 5-II season with a 25-13, 25-15, 25-14 victory.The Lady Mustangs (27-10 overall) got 16 kills from Paula Breaux, six kills, 20 assists and seven digs from Jessica Simoneaux, 10 kills, 20 assists and eight digs from Erineka Mollere, seven kills from Jasmine Knight and five kills from Dashia Myles.Catherine Broussard had six kills for the Lady Gators (13-18, 2-5 in district), Blare Pellegrin added three kills, and Monique Verdin tallied seven assists.

VANDEBILT CATHOLIC DEF. ELLENDER At Houma, the Lady Terriers used a 19-25, 25-13, 25-14, 25-8 District 5-II victory to improve to 23-9 overall and 4-2 in district.Cece Williams had 16 kills, 10 digs and three blocks for Vandebilt, Corine Graffignino had 36 assists, Kristen Kurtz added four kills, Jacey Armstrong had 11 kills, four aces and three digs, and Sarah Ourso added three digs.Elllender dropped to 9-22 overall and 0-7 in district.

E.D. WHITE CATHOLIC DEF. FRANKLINAt Thibodaux, the Lady Cardinals clinched a playoff spot and at least a share of the District 3-III title with a 25-4, 25-14, 25-20 sweep and moved to 27-8 overall and 5-0 in district.Abby Filce (20 kills, eight blocks), Caroline Robichaux (seven digs, five kills, three aces), Jessica Cedotal (29 assists, three aces) and Emily Albert (six digs, three aces, three kills) were statistical leaders for the Lady Cardinals. Franklin fell to 12-13 and 1-4 in district.

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